Ernest Grenet-Dancourt Explained

Ernest Louis Antoine Grenet called Ernest Grenet-Dancourt (21 February 1854[1] – 10 February 1913)[2] was a French playwright, poet and songwriter.

Life

Born in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, after studying at the Lycée Saint-Louis, Grenet became a maître d'études, then a bank clerk, before embarking on a career as an actor at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, which he abandoned for good in 1881[3] to devote himself exclusively to writing.

His plays were performed on the greatest Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de Cluny, Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Théâtre de l'Odéon, etc.

Vice-president of the of 1879 and 1884,[4] he was also responsible for some songs: Fleur d'amour, music by (1910), La Kraquette, song written with (music by Justin Clérice), Tristesse de la mer, music by Alfredo Barbirolli (1912)...

Grenet died in the 9th arrondissement of Paris aged 66.

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Work

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH083/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL1197065v007.htm Acte de naissance reconstitué figurant dans son dossier à la chancellerie de la Légion d'Honneur.
  2. http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTctMDctMDYiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6Mjc4MDYxO3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-1309%2C-1269&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=154 Acte de décès n° 133 (view 19/31).
  3. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k299202d/f724.item.r=%22grenet%20dancourt%20ernest%22.zoom Article Grenet-Dancourt
  4. [Émile Goudeau]
  5. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH083/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL1197065v001.htm Dossier LH/1197/65. Ministère de la Culture, base Léonore.